Lev Grossman

Participates in 7 items

Lev Grossman is the New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians, likened to an adult Harry Potter by the New York Times, and the sequels The Magician King and The Magican Land. Lev is a journalist and writes for Time as a book critic and lead technology writer. He has also written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Portland will be Lev’s third LeakyCon, after joining us in 2009 and 2012. To read more about Lev visit his website, levgrossman.com.

Sessions in which Lev Grossman participates

Friday 1 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

12:00 PM

I Made You. You're Perfect.

50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 A

LeakyCon Lit

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Authors make characters. Good ones. Bad ones. Anddreaaaammmy ones. But there’s a fine art to making a love interest. How do you make an ap...

2:00 PM

LeakyCon Lit Signing I

50 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - Signing Booths (Marketplace)

Signing

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Kazu Kibuishi (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

3:00 PM

I Love Trash

50 minutes, 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Amber Benson (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Is there such thing as a bad book? Or a book you should feel guilt for reading? Why is one person’s trash another person’s treasure? Should we ever...

Saturday 2 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

1:00 PM

The War Against YA

40 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:40 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

There seems to be a certain trend in the media to portray YA books in a dismissive light. Why is the narrative? Time to ask some big questions abou...

2:00 PM

The Process P*rn Panel

49 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:49 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 A

LeakyCon Lit

Holly Black (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

It’s time to get down and dirty and talk about how we do it. How do we write books? Outlines? Off the cuff? In order? In random sections? On...

3:00 PM

LeakyCon Lit Signing II

50 minutes, 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - Signing Booths (Marketplace)

Signing

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Kazu Kibuishi (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

4:00 PM

The Lying Games

1 hour 50 minutes, 4:00 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110

LeakyCon Lit

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Amber Benson (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

Join your favorite authors in a fantastic final lit event—two great games brought into one. We’ll have rounds of authors telling lies (or truths?) ...